The book provides an authoritative study on Special Economic Zones. The scope of the articles will include new theories, methods and discoveries in SEZ study, and specifically provide recent achievements in Special Economic Zones. The journal is aimed at economics undergraduates, postgraduates, economics researchers in social science institutions and the government. Special Economic Zone mode provides an easy approach to complete modernization in developing countries like China, the reader can get some important data source and major results in this area.

Prof. Yuan Yiming, PhD, PhD supervisor, Deputy Director of China Center for Special Economic Zones Research and chief editor of "Journal  studies on  China's Special Economic Zones". He holds also positions of deputy director of Shenzhen Industrial Economics association, expert of Shenzhen City Government Soft Science Expert Committee, and academic leader of "Economics of Population, Resources & Environmental economics". And he also serves as local consultant of the World Bank. His main research areas are economic development, industrial organization and policy research. In recent years he has presided 25 research projects including projects for the World Bank, the State Ministry of Education, Shenzhen municipal government.

Chapter 1  New Mission for China's Special Economic Zones.- Chapter 2  Internal Causes for Shenzhen's Industrial Development and Structural Evolution: An Explanation from the Perspective of Institutional Change.- Chapter 3  The Evolution of the Special Economic Zones: International Experience and Lessons.- Chapter 4  Successful Experience in the Development of China's Special Economic Zones -Case Study of the Reform of and Innovation in the Shenzhen Financial Industry.- Chapter 5  On the China Pilot Free Trade Zone and the Institutional Reform of the Comprehensively Open Economy.- Chapter 6  The Status and Roles of Special Economic Zones in China's Unbalanced Development.- Chapter 7  The Economic Growth and Industrial Transformation of the Special Economic Zones in the Historical Context.- Chapter 8  The Development of the Qianhai Cooperation Zone from the Perspective of Institutional Innovation.- Chapter 9  Development of and Inspiration for North Korea's Special Economic Zones.- Chapter 10  The Innovation-based Path to Cultural Industrial Upgrading ¿ Take Shenzhen As an Example.- Chapter 11  Comparison and Reference Concerning the Participation of the Special Economic Zones in the Belt and Road Construction under the New Normal of the Economy -A Review of Viewpoints at the 2014 China's Special Economic Zone Forum.